In 1983, Michael Jackson released “Billie Jean,” the second single from Thriller. Jackson said that he always had a sense that the song would be a hit and he was correct. It peaked at No. 1 on ...

Michael Jackson‘s “Billie Jean” deeply impressed an important R&B musician. He said that the track could have been transformed into 12 different hit songs if Jackson had divided it up in a ...

But in the meantime, Michael Jackson had the MTV dance-floor ... despite the fact that “Billie Jean” was a bigger hit song. “Beat It” also represented another step in Jackson’s master ...